Should I reload?
- Thread starter Anglinfool
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unstableryan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Beautiful Okanagan Valley
Some of this pricing makes me cry a little.
"Figure $120 for a cheap but good starting setup, Lee Aniversary Kit from http://www.higginsonpowders.com/pages/934271/index.htm
Dies are $35 for full length size set per caliber, need a case length trimmer $7. So about $165 to get started for 1 caliber before buying components. If you kept your brass, you are already a step ahead. I'll take your 30-30 for example, there is 7000g in a pound of powder that runs $25 to $30 depending on type. Varget in the 30-30 with 150g bullet takes about 35g of powder, so you will get 200 rounds out of a pound of powder (more if you use a faster powder, but just trying to keep things simple). 200 primers will cost about $5. 200 standard hunting bullets will cost about $40.
So once you have the hardware, you will be able to load 200 rounds for around $75 of components (if you have the brass, otherwise brass is about $20 per 50 for new). So you can save money. Plus it's alot of fun making your own ammo."
"Figure $120 for a cheap but good starting setup, Lee Aniversary Kit from http://www.higginsonpowders.com/pages/934271/index.htm
Dies are $35 for full length size set per caliber, need a case length trimmer $7. So about $165 to get started for 1 caliber before buying components. If you kept your brass, you are already a step ahead. I'll take your 30-30 for example, there is 7000g in a pound of powder that runs $25 to $30 depending on type. Varget in the 30-30 with 150g bullet takes about 35g of powder, so you will get 200 rounds out of a pound of powder (more if you use a faster powder, but just trying to keep things simple). 200 primers will cost about $5. 200 standard hunting bullets will cost about $40.
So once you have the hardware, you will be able to load 200 rounds for around $75 of components (if you have the brass, otherwise brass is about $20 per 50 for new). So you can save money. Plus it's alot of fun making your own ammo."
LOL!!!!! Your funny franktank. This is the second thread that your returned from the dead, that I witnessed........nothing wrong with it though. Yes reloading is great fun. I encourage anyone and everyone to get into it!
- Location
- NFA country
Depends on how much ammo you use and what you use it for.
Back in the 70s and 80s when I owned lots of guns and factory ammo didn't enjoy the quality or selection it does now I reloaded everything.
Now that I'm down to 3 basic hunting guns what I can buy off the shelf satisfies my needs.
I sold off a lot of guns and my reloading stuff last time I moved.
I had thousands of dollars worth of no longer used things essentially collecting dust and rust.
Back in the 70s and 80s when I owned lots of guns and factory ammo didn't enjoy the quality or selection it does now I reloaded everything.
Now that I'm down to 3 basic hunting guns what I can buy off the shelf satisfies my needs.
I sold off a lot of guns and my reloading stuff last time I moved.
I had thousands of dollars worth of no longer used things essentially collecting dust and rust.
